Poem-a-Day

Poem-a-Day is the original, daily poetry series featuring new poems by today’s poets. Produced by the Academy of American Poets, this free digital series is made possible by you, our readers and listeners. Theme music by Kat Rejsek. Audio engineering by Thea Matthews. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.

Books
1526
Mark McMorris: "The Thought of the World"
3 min
1527
b: william bearhart: "No More Fire Here: A Ses...
3 min
1528
John Rollin Ridge: "Random Thoughts of Her"
1 min
1529
Ruth Muskrat Bronson: from “Sonnets from the Ch...
1 min
1530
Ishmael Angaluuk Hope: "Dance Practice"
1 min
1531
Gordon Henry: "It was Snowing on the Monuments"
3 min
1532
Janet McAdams: "Lie"
2 min
1533
Tiffany Midge: "Distracted from COVID-19, Atten...
2 min
1534
Mark Turcotte: "Dear New Blood"
3 min
1535
Paul Celan: "So Many Constellations"
1 min
1536
Olivia Ward Bush-Banks: "A Picture"
2 min
1537
Aricka Foreman: "Polycystic Study of Intimacy"
3 min
1538
William Reichard: "In the Evening"
2 min
1539
Eric Gansworth: "The Word for Gossip"
3 min
1540
Tanaya Winder: "Becoming a Ghost"
2 min
1541
Michael Torres: "Pockets"
3 min
1542
Bertrand N.O. Walker: "A Mojave Lullaby"
1 min
1543
Margaret Noodin: "To the Pine Tree" by Jane Joh...
2 min
1544
Aimee Suzara: "Amphibious"
3 min
1545
Melanie Figg: "A Rogue Dream"
2 min
1546
LeAnne Howe: "1918, Iva Describes Her Deathbed"
3 min
1547
Khaty Xiong: "The Seven Prisms of My Blood"
2 min
1548
Halee Kirkwood: "Self-Portrait as the Changeling"
2 min
1549
Alexander Posey: "On the Hills of Dawn"
0 min
1550
Emily Pauline Johnson: "Marshlands"
1 min